All About Pocket Knives

I just looked that up, only two years in business. There can't be too many out there...

I've found 3 Quakers in 40 plus years of collecting. I hunt for any knives from Kansas, especially Wichita since I was born and raised there. I don't think any were ever manufactured here, but there were several companies that were headquartered in kansas that sold knives with their own stampings. Hard saying who actually made them. Still a lot of fun too collect.

knife-nut wrote:I've found 3 Quakers in 40 plus years of collecting. I hunt for any knives from Kansas, especially Wichita since I was born and raised there. I don't think any were ever manufactured here, but there were several companies that were headquartered in kansas that sold knives with their own stampings. Hard saying who actually made them. Still a lot of fun too collect.

I understand the "local" aspect of knife collecting, for sure. Being from Western Pennsylvania, I am attracted to the Pennsylvania brands. I love the old Case's, Queen's, Schatt & Morgan's but the more obscure ones like Hollingsworth, Kane Cutlery, etc. really capture my heart. I even like the Ohio ones like the Hollinger, Freemont, OH that I pictured because I am only about 40 miles from the Ohio state line.

Quaker Cutlery actually had a Pennsylvania sounding name, and I was curious.

I actually bought Bret a Cutino for Christmas. I know that Kansas City had some nice knives for sale.

The North American folding hunter is gorgeous. It certainly looks extremely well made. Bret cherishes his big hunters. We have a Winchester 1920 and a couple of Cattaraugus King of the Woods. He is always on the lookout for knives like those!

Gotta love a folding hunter!

Here's one stamped Fidelity Knife Co. New York. Goins says a Simmons Hardware trademark c.1939. Not near as nice as most of the others posted so far, but a different stamp.
Dan

That's a neat one. I have never seen it before.

knife-nut that big ole fh is just !!

If you ever get tired of lookin' at her, I could give her a good home!

Nice to see some fine older brands. Got a couple or 3 to post

that EL TORO got a fine scales Doc!

knifegirl888 wrote:
I am attracted to the Pennsylvania brands. I love the old Case's, Queen's, Schatt & Morgan's but the more obscure ones like Hollingsworth, Kane Cutlery, etc. really capture my heart.

I agree knifegirl!

Very nice knife danno, I like it.

theblindog wrote:that EL TORO got a fine scales Doc!

Thanks, the scales are Ivory

Here is a Sterling L.G.H. Co. I asked about it on another forum. Levine believes it is perhaps a version distributed by McIlwaine, Linn & Hughes, which were importers located in New York. LG4 states made in Ger./Engl., but this one just feels American made to me?

There was an Alpha brand made by Harrison Brothers & Howson back around 1900 that is highly sought-after, but this battered old rigger probably has no relation. I would guess this is from after WWII when Germany was trying to get back on it's feet through exports. It is built on the American pattern and looks a lot more like a Camillus, Buck or Case than an ABL, Currey or Ibberson.

Roberts Bros. ANY info welcomed.







A J Jordan

Here is an old American knife co.........Plymouth, Ct.

Willie, there was a big Roberts Brothers department store chain that evidently had stores in England and the United States.

http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/department_stores.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 0736.shtml

I wonder if your knife might have been made for them.

PETERS BROS CUT CO. CHICAGO ILL. is the tang stamp on the master blade. I can't find this in any of my books. My jeweler says the handles are 10 carat gold with black enamel inlay. It is heavier than most whittler of this size.

I find a Peters Cutlery Co. Chicago IL, circa 1876-1886, a Peters Bros Celebrated Cutlery Solingen 1876-1886 and a Peters Cutlery Mfg Co Solingen 1876-1886, in Price Guide to Collector Knives.

Owd Wullie,

Nice stuff! The A.J. Jordan has very pretty bone.

JKB,

Wholly geez! What a fantastic looking knife.

FRJ,

American Knife Plymouth is a really old name. Those old pruners are a handful. Levine did an article a few months ago in Knife World which included American Knife Co.

We have this little ivory quill. The little tip is chipped on the handle though.

Thanks for the help on my knife. Has any one ever seen handles like this one?

JACKNIFEBEN wrote:Thanks for the help on my knife. Has any one ever seen handles like this one?

Here's a Peter's Brothers Celebrated Cutlery with a patriotic style handle.

Also:
Adams and Brother 2 blade.
Bergman & Scuddig with a salesman's number on the back.
Dame,Smith&Hall.
Duane Cutlery.
F.D.Bast.
Harvey Brothers.
J.Dunlap.
Prolific H.B.&Son.

If H.B. was so prolific, why is it son and not sons?

Even if H.B. wasn't really so prolific, the members of AAPK sure are. This is an amazing outpouring of old and obscure knive brands.

trail wrote:If H.B. was so prolific, why is it son and not sons?

Even if H.B. wasn't really so prolific, the members of AAPK sure are. This is an amazing outpouring of old and obscure knive brands.

My oldest boy's name is Tyler. We try to find any Tyler Celebrated Cutlery knives that we can. Only have found two for sale...

K7K,

We also have one "Adams & Sons". If you would ever like to get rid of your Adams & Bros or your Tyler, give me a holler?